Kwek-kwek or tokneneng to some, is a street food that's so popular here in our country.It's battered quail egg, deep fried and best eaten with a vinegar dipping sauce.
My girls love it but their "maarteng" mom wouldn't allow them to eat street food. Yet, I don't deprive them, I either let them eat street food at the mall which I think is a more safe place than the streets of Manila with all the pollution, or I cook for them at home.
Recently, my kids requested me to cook baskets of kwek-kwek for their school's Lingo ng Wika salo-salo.
To my friends asking for my recipe, here's for you to grab!
Ingredients:
-100 pcs quail eggs (boiled and peeled)
- 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup cornstarch
- 1-2 drops of yellow & red food color
- 1 cup water
- oil for deep frying
Directions:
- mix food colors (aim for yummy orange color) into a cup of water, set aside
- mix equal parts of flour and cornstarch
- mix the colored water into flour mixture
- prepare the heat/oil/pan for deep frying
- coat the shelled eggs by the remaining 1/2 flour (for the batter to stick on the egg)
- dip into the batter
- throw into the boiling oil
- serve with dipping sauce (recipe available upon request, just kick me a line)
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